Database of luminescent minerals 

HUMITE

Chemical formula: (Mg,Fe⁺²)₇(SiO₄)₃(F,OH)₂

Family: Silicates

Status: IMA-GP

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

Daylight picture

HUMITE,

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Shortwave (254nm) picture

HUMITE under UVSW,

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Phosphorescence (in the common sense of the term) observable with the naked eye:

No data

Comments:

association with calcite (fluo red), aragonite (fluo blue white) and diopside (fluo blue white) gives beautifull samples from Parham, Ontario, USA (Long Lake Zinc Mine).

Activator(s) and spectrum:

No spectrum yet

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Long Lake Zinc Mine, near Parham, Ontario, Canada; Franklin, New jersey, USA;

(*)The data are not exhaustive and are limited to a few remarkable localities for fluorescence

Bibliographic reference for luminescence:

• The Henkel Glossary of Fluorescent Minerals, Dr. Gerhard Henkel, Published by the FMS, 1989 ,
• Fluorescence: Gems and Minerals Under Ultraviolet Light, Manuel Robbins, 1994, Geoscience Press, ISBN 0-945005-13-X ,
• Luminescenza nel regno minerale, Guido Mazzoleni, fotografia Roberto Appiani, Libri Sandit, 2010, ISBN 978-88-95990-63-7 ,

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

  http://www.mindat.org/show.php?name=Humite

  http://webmineral.com/data/Humite.shtml

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